Great Fayre of Norsca 1106

To celebrate the defeat of the Swarm in Norska we were invited by Lord Bothvar to attend Fayre. A lovely, though very hot, area had been put aside for everyone to share with only the Jhereg having much in the nature of Shade.

The Norscans ran a great number of well-attended games, many of which hadn't been seen before by non-Norscans (such as throwing the Armoured Dwarf) throughout the weekend and at the end there were some wonderful prizes for the winners.

The layout of the camping area made some of the recent changes in the structures of the nations more obvious than they would have been otherwise. Lord Stumper of the Vipers had gone missing and his absence seemed to be causing some confusion in the Viper camp as to who was in charge of what. The Lions had adopted a much more open look to their camp than before and gave a feeling of being more relaxed than usual. The Algaian camp was noticeably larger and possibly better protected than previously. The large numbers in the Steppe Alliance camp compared to previous years was highly apparent as was the opposite in the Fir Cruthen camp.

There was much talk about the non-born (previously sometimes known as the unborn) and its/their power or threat. It would appear that much of the internal dissent many of the nations have been suffering recently may be due to the effects of the non-born. There was also discussion about a group called the Brethren that may or may not be related to the non-born but seem to be causing a lot of trouble and dissent.

There was also much discussion about the Jhereg city of Noravik which seems to have declared itself independent of the Jhereg but nobody seemed quite sure if that was because of the non-born, the Brethren or other factors.

The factions were in discussion with emissaries from the Imperials regarding land distribution. There were rumours that Emperor Heyami had died in a tragic hunting accident and his recent bride has taken over the reigns of power in the Empire. Apparently the factions only had a treaty with Emperor Heyami and not with the Empire so the whole thing needs to be looked at again.

The Silver Oak and Algaia finally patched up their differences and the Silver Oak rejoined the Algaian host.

Brother Gabriel was up to something and spent a lot of time possessing people. He made a couple of large attacks on the gathered peoples on the Sunday though nobody seemed to know what he was up to or why he was attacking.

Sigurd of the Wolves was murdered on the Saturday night in the Wolf command tent. This may have had something to do with his actions at Erness Marr but most of the people that had been upset with him about that had agreed to wait the year he had requested to see if he had made the right decision. Now he'll never know.

The were many attacks on Lord Bothvar, so many that at times it seemed there were not enough healers around to keep him alive.

The crystals that had caused so much trouble at Erness Marr made a somewhat nasty return. People were being attacked and having the stones inserted in their bodies and the wound was then healed. Once news of this got out there was a spate of surgery around the camps to find and remove them before whatever effects they would have started.

One of the Wolf Castellans was tried and executed by the Wolves. Rumour has it that it also had to do with the non-born.

All-in-all it was a very busy time but thanks to the efforts of the Wolves it was generally kept peaceful and relaxing and was a wonderful break from all the travelling and fighting recently.

Fayre 1106 Piccies

There's only a few photos and no map of the camp but then a map wouldn't be much use really


Games area - very hot at this point	Games and traders	Artisan at work

Mercenary and Hei Ravni camps	Hei Ravni camp	Mercenary camp

Wolf camp	Jhereg camp	Lions camp

Viper casino	Main Viper camp	Fir Cruthen camp

Algaian camp	Algaia & Steppe Alliance	Steppe Alliance camp